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By Chris McCarthy Publisher/Editor For a textbook example of self-made business, look no further than Gadsden’s own Paula Martinez.  Over the space of just three years as a Mark’s Cosmetics representative, the 2004 Litc...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor With the combined effort of students, teacher, parents and community volunteers, a portion of Attalla Elementary underwent an extreme makeover of sorts this week. In the...

By Phil Swindall/WGAD  Radio News Director A Sardis High School student with autism is in Boston, Mass....

 Gadsden State Community College recently held its annual Honor’s Day events in Gadsden at the W...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor Forty-three educators from area schools were recognized at the 2012 Gadsden-Etowah County Teachers of the Year Banquet last Wednesday (May 2) at the Senior Activity Center in Ga...

By Mike Goodson/Messenger correspondent  Dr. George E. Fant, M.D., Judge Charles Wayne Owen and Gadsden businessman Gordon R. Isbell (de...

By Joshua Price/Sports Editor Storms ravaged Alabama on April 27, 2011. Tornados plowed across the northern part of the state from Tuscaloosa all the way to Georgia, destroying virtually everything in t...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor Local residents affected by the 2011 April 27 tornado outbreak will receive additional relief this Saturday (Apr. 28).  Piers...

By Chris McCarthy/Editor Folks who might wish to enhance their knowledge of the history and construction of the Panama Canal won’t have very far to travel this...